Academic Vocabulary

ANTAGONIST
ATMOSPHERE
BASICSITUATION
CHARACTER
CLIMAX
COMPLICATIONS
CONFLICT
DIALOGUE
DICTION
EXPOSITION
FLASHBACK
FLASHFOWARD
FORESHADOWING
MOTIVATION
NARRATOR
PLOT
POEM
PROTAGONIST
RESOLUTION
SEQUENCE
SUSPENSE
THEME
TONE

These are terms you should know as you read and analyze stories.

Try to find all 23 words on this board.

B T S I N O G A T O R P O E M
S A U L D R A W O F H S A L F
U Y S C Q J F L A S H B A C K
S T C I L F N O C L I M A X E
P Z O D C H A R A C T E R C X
E D I L P S E Q U E N C E P P
N C O M P L I C A T I O N S O
S W Y W R R O T A R R A N X S
E N O I T C I D U M S G Y H I
T S I N O G A T N A E M E H T
D I A L O G U E N O T R F H I
X W X T M O T I V A T I O N O
E G N I W O D A H S E R O F N
R I R E S O L U T I O N U N S
H E L N X A T M O S P H E R E
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Answer Key for Academic Vocabulary

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1B T S I N O G A T O R P O E M
2S A # # D R A W O F H S A L F
3U # S # # # F L A S H B A C K
4S T C I L F N O C L I M A X E
5P # O # C H A R A C T E R # X
6E # # L # S E Q U E N C E # P
7N C O M P L I C A T I O N S O
8S # # # # R O T A R R A N # S
9E N O I T C I D U # # # # # I
10T S I N O G A T N A E M E H T
11D I A L O G U E N O T # # # I
12# # # # M O T I V A T I O N O
13# G N I W O D A H S E R O F N
14# # R E S O L U T I O N # N #
15# # # # # A T M O S P H E R E
Word X Y Direction
ANTAGONIST  1010w
ATMOSPHERE  615e
BASICSITUATION  88se
CHARACTER  55e
CLIMAX  94e
COMPLICATIONS  27e
CONFLICT  94w
DIALOGUE  111e
DICTION  89w
EXPOSITION  154s
FLASHBACK  73e
FLASHFOWARD  152w
FORESHADOWING  1313w
MOTIVATION  512e
NARRATOR  138w
PLOT  57nw
POEM  121e
PROTAGONIST  121w
RESOLUTION  314e
SEQUENCE  66e
SUSPENSE  12s
THEME  1510w
TONE  1111w